What is it like to be a GAP Tutor at ECS?
ECS is a School where people matter. We are a happy and purposeful community. Our annual GAP Tutor programme is an opportunity for School Leavers to join our Community, contribute widely to School life, and become an integral part of our staff team. This week, we caught up with our current GAP Tutors: Chelsea (who […]
This week in the Boarding House…
Another fun week for our Boarders… This week’s Star Boarder is Josephine C (Year 8). Josephine only started boarding regularly last term and she has been a great addition to our caring and loving community. She is a pleasure to be around, and she takes part in all the activities on offer. We are very […]
ECS Wellbeing: Bishop Martin’s Awareness Practice- Week 9
St Francis of Assisi – Part One At the G7, David Attenborough called for urgent, immediate action. The patron saint of Ecology is St Francis of Assisi, who like Christ, whose life and suffering he lived to imitate, achieved his place in history through the small, the insignificant, the damaged, and then discarded. He lived […]
Reception have been Sailing the Seven Seas!
Our Reception pupils are currently exploring the topic ‘Sailing the Seven Seas’ and have been learning through creativity and play! Here are some fantastic pirate ships they made, using recycled materials… The nautical theme continued as they experimented with mixed media artwork. These pieces were inspired by stormy and calm seas… Well done Reception, we […]
This week in the Boarding House…
Another busy week in the Boarding House… This week’s Star Boarder is our Senior Boarder James MC (Year 8). James went through his Common Entrance Exam week with a great deal of maturity and calm. He revised every morning and every evening, making sure he covered every topic he needed for each subject. On top […]
Assessment and the need for responsive teaching
It has been another extraordinary year with most public examinations for pupils being cancelled for the second year running. The role of assessment has once more become central to educational discourse. It is undeniable that learning this year has taken a different path for many children and calls for ‘catch-up’ and worries about ‘learning loss’ are understandable […]
The ‘Artists of the Week’ are…
The Art Department’s weekly ‘Artists of the Week’ challenge continues! This week the winners are… Harry C, Martha H, Henry BE & Sam S, all in Year 7. Well done to you all for creating your own interpretation of Henri Matisse and Roy Lichtenstein’s works. We love celebrating art at ECS and are dedicated to providing opportunities […]
Year 7 RSE: The importance of relationships
Year 7 has been considering relationships as part of their RSE lessons. They drew spider diagrams of the important relationships in their lives, with arrows indicating the direction of who gains most from these relationships. One person made the comment “when I began this, I thought I didn’t really have much support, but now I […]
ECS Wellbeing: Bishop Martin’s Awareness Practice- Week 8
I have an invitation for you. Try carving out a little time each day to pray ‘The Prayer of the Church’. Now, the word ‘church’ means ‘the Body of Christ’. To be in ‘The Body’ is to respond to the Love of God shown, known, but also not seen and not known. One of the […]
Year 6 ‘Beyond the Wardrobe’ rehearsals are off to a flying start!
Pupils have been very busy learning their parts for the Year 6 Performance and Creativity Hub’s play, ‘Beyond the Wardrobe’. Last Friday was very exciting as it saw the first run-through of Acts One and Two on stage with the musical accompaniment, sound effects, and props. Well done to all involved for all your hard […]
